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Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Founding Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Professor at Potsdam and Oxford. Universities; Distinguished Science Adviser of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK.
John Schellnhuber trained as a mathematician and physicist, receiving a
scholarship for the highly gifted at the University of Regensburg and
completing a doctorate in theoretical physics there in 1980. He has
made remarkable contributions in the field of climatology, especially
regarding the theory of complex non-linear systems and regional and
global environmental analysis. He is the author of over 150 articles
and books on these subjects His theories predict the emergence of
planetary "tipping points" or unstable ecosystems where sudden rapid environmental damage could trigger dramatic knock-on effects to occur on a global scale. As an authority on the analysis and prediction of the impact of changing climatic parameters, he actively serves on many national and international panels for scientific strategies and policy advice regarding environmental and developmental issues. In addition he is a member of the German Advisory Council on Global Courtesy of The Balzan Foundation, Zürich Change (WBGU) and chairs the Global Analysis Integration and Modelling (GAIN) Task Force of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). Among the many Scientific Honours he has received, he is an elected member of the prestigious Max Planck Society, Leibniz Society the Geological Society of London and the US National Academy of Sciences. |
